Abby Zsarnay
I started skating at the age of 7 when I took my first Summer Skate Camp at Skate Street in Ventura, CA. I was totally hooked. Four years later at the age of 11, I entered my first Skateboard Competition. The following year I joined the California Amateur Skateboard League (C.A.S.L.) and started to compete on a monthly basis. My first year in C.A.S.L. I started out the season in 20th place out of 24 skaters in the Street Division (I was the only girl). By the end of the 2007 season I had moved up the ranks and finished in 8th place overall out of 21 skaters. During the 2008 season I started to do more than just Street Competitions and was entering everything that was offered: Bowl, Vert, Mini Ramp and Whole Park. Not only did I compete in the monthly C.A.S.L. Competitions I took first place in the Sony Playstation Am Jam Comp for Vert Ramp at Woodward West. I was the first female in the history of Playstation running the event to make it to the National Finals, which was held at Woodward East in Pennsylvania.
In February of 2008, I was spotted by John Grover from the One Way Board Shop, in Ventura and was offered a "Flow" sponsorship. That summer I traveled with my Dad for 2 weeks to compete in the Concrete Rodeo Skateboard Tour. Traveling through Oregon and on to Idaho for the National Finals where I ended up taking 2nd place in the Nation for the females. In November I was approached by Bob Grijalva of Cheapsk8r.com who offered to sponsor me. For the CASL 2008 season I finished the year in 5th Place in the 2A Division. In December, I flew to Seattle with my parents to compete in my first competition against Pro Female Skaters, hosted by Skate Like a Girl. I took 5th place in that competition and was the youngest skater.
The summer of 2009 was an amazing season. I was invited to compete in the S3 Supergirl Pro/Am at Woodward West. What an honor! I ended up winning the title of “Top Amateur” which earned my spot as the only “AM” at the All Pro S3 Super Girl in Venice Beach where I placed 10th out of 18 skaters. I also won the 2009 National Championship for the Concrete Rodeo Skateboard Series in South Jordon, Utah and took 1st place in the Wicked Wahine Burger Bowl all girl Competition. As for C.A.S.L, I finished the season for the Sponsored 13-15 year olds in 2nd place for So. California.
In October of 2009 I had an injury to my right knee and ruptured my ACL. At the time it did not require surgery so I took some time off for it to heal and then continued to skate and compete in the World Cup Skateboarding Bowl events. For the 2010 skate season I placed 4th overall in the World Cup Bowl Series. In August of 2010 I re-injured my knee and this time it required that I have ACL replacement surgery. In September I had surgery on my ACL and meniscus. Right now I am back to skating and practicing for the 2011 World Cup Skateboarding Bowl Series, along with as many other Pro and Pro/Am competitions I can.
Thanks to all my sponsors this past season for staying with me and helping me to get through my injury. Cheapsk8r, Skatera, Girls Riders Organization, One Way Boardshop, Steezie Beanies, Ossur/CTI, BambooSK8 & Globe Shoes. (and of course Mom & Dad)
When I'm not skating, I'm either doing homework, hanging out with friends & family, tutoring High School/College students in math, or watching movies on Netflix. Some of my future goals include, making it through the 2011 season without injury, competing in X-Games and Dew Tour, graduating High School in 2012 and getting accepted into a good university where I will be majoring in mathematics.
In February of 2008, I was spotted by John Grover from the One Way Board Shop, in Ventura and was offered a "Flow" sponsorship. That summer I traveled with my Dad for 2 weeks to compete in the Concrete Rodeo Skateboard Tour. Traveling through Oregon and on to Idaho for the National Finals where I ended up taking 2nd place in the Nation for the females. In November I was approached by Bob Grijalva of Cheapsk8r.com who offered to sponsor me. For the CASL 2008 season I finished the year in 5th Place in the 2A Division. In December, I flew to Seattle with my parents to compete in my first competition against Pro Female Skaters, hosted by Skate Like a Girl. I took 5th place in that competition and was the youngest skater.
The summer of 2009 was an amazing season. I was invited to compete in the S3 Supergirl Pro/Am at Woodward West. What an honor! I ended up winning the title of “Top Amateur” which earned my spot as the only “AM” at the All Pro S3 Super Girl in Venice Beach where I placed 10th out of 18 skaters. I also won the 2009 National Championship for the Concrete Rodeo Skateboard Series in South Jordon, Utah and took 1st place in the Wicked Wahine Burger Bowl all girl Competition. As for C.A.S.L, I finished the season for the Sponsored 13-15 year olds in 2nd place for So. California.
In October of 2009 I had an injury to my right knee and ruptured my ACL. At the time it did not require surgery so I took some time off for it to heal and then continued to skate and compete in the World Cup Skateboarding Bowl events. For the 2010 skate season I placed 4th overall in the World Cup Bowl Series. In August of 2010 I re-injured my knee and this time it required that I have ACL replacement surgery. In September I had surgery on my ACL and meniscus. Right now I am back to skating and practicing for the 2011 World Cup Skateboarding Bowl Series, along with as many other Pro and Pro/Am competitions I can.
Thanks to all my sponsors this past season for staying with me and helping me to get through my injury. Cheapsk8r, Skatera, Girls Riders Organization, One Way Boardshop, Steezie Beanies, Ossur/CTI, BambooSK8 & Globe Shoes. (and of course Mom & Dad)
When I'm not skating, I'm either doing homework, hanging out with friends & family, tutoring High School/College students in math, or watching movies on Netflix. Some of my future goals include, making it through the 2011 season without injury, competing in X-Games and Dew Tour, graduating High School in 2012 and getting accepted into a good university where I will be majoring in mathematics.
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